News
Retirements of Jim Ross and Neville Marchant ..............16
IAPT roles for two members ..............16
New leadership in Adelaide ..............16
New Northern Territory Herbarium head ..............16
New MEL head announced ..............16
New WA Herbarium building at design stage ..............16
AM for Kevin Kenneally ..............17
Change at the helm of the PNG National Herbarium ..............17

Books
Some recent and forthcoming publications from the West ..............30

Conference report
Brisbane 2005 conference ..............30

Coming meetings
Cheeseman Symposium 20 th–22 nd November 2006 – a symposium to celebrate
the centenary of the first edition of Cheeseman’s Manual of the New Zealand Flora (1906) ..............35
Other meetings in 2006 ..............36

From the Web
What is a wiki? ..............37
From Taxacom ..............37
Lichen collection data online at Michigan ..............37
Problems with shipping specimens ..............37
DNA Barcoding of Life Offer ..............37
Angiosperm classification available on web ..............38
Images Working Group. ..............38

A puzzle
Who wrote this early account of the avocado? ..............38

ASBS Publications ..............39

ASBS Chapter Conveners ..............40

Contacting Major Australian Herbaria and Systematics Institutions ..............40